Slow and steady wins the race…
That’s what I hear. I’ve never been good at it, this whole “slow living” thing. I grew up literally sprinting from place to place, and that translated into my adult life.
Living on the East Coast cultivated a pervasive feeling of chaos, the feeling that you were always one step behind everyone else, and if you just worked harder, you could catch up.
I still struggle with this immensely, it has the potential to creep up and control my life.
Enter the Spruce Creek Cabin.
With a huge cross-country move and house renovation which took months longer than anticipated, I’m just now getting up and running in my studio.
Instead of neat storage shelving, I still have UHaul boxes piled up with unfinished work, inventory, and tools. The walls aren’t painted, and are patched in many places where the electrician and plumber had to cut holes. It’s been a real struggle to let go of my ideals of a “perfect” studio, and just get to work.
Creative projects, other companies that require my attention, social media strategy, web design, cooking, adventuring, staying healthy….balancing all these facets requires careful planning.
I’m working on it. I’m learning that without fail,
there will be at least one thing (to be honest, more like 5 things) that don’t get done that day.
I’m trying to let go of the pressure I put on myself, to focus on the quality of the work over the quantity, and to leave plenty of time to play outside, meditate, spend time with my old dog and my man…
because that’s really what it’s all about. Balance.
As it turns out…balance breeds creativity. There’s a lot of great stuff coming…I promise.
A deep thank you to everyone who’s reading this, for hanging in there to see what comes next!